BattleBots Beat: The Palindromic Powerhouse

Senor Weaselo - August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat, Shempions edition! Where we've gotta say, like last year, it hasn't been a good start for the bounty bots, or legends, or gatekeepers, or whatever you want to call them. But the next of them knows a thing or two about turning around bad starts,

BattleBots Beat: The Mutant Scion

Senor Weaselo - August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! We forge ahead with the Shempions portion of our program with a second helping. This week's bounty to be hunted, or what they're calling the gatekeeper, is Lock-Jaw. In terms of the history of combat robotics, Donald Hutson's name would be littered across the book. Tazbot,

BattleBots Beat: The Original Legend Killer

Senor Weaselo - August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

This is the BattleBots Season 3.0 heavyweight final, all the way back from the Comedy Central days. In one square, you had the two-time champion, BioHazard, believed by many even now to be one of the most dominant robots of all time. Its low profile and four-bar lifter controlled many

Wumbo Wednesday with Weaselo: Your BattleBots Extreme All-Stars Champions Preview

Senor Weaselo - August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Welcome back to a Wumbo Wednesday edition of the BattleBots Beat, where we've been waiting for info on BattleBots: Bounty Hunters for… a couple months now? To no avail. But guess what? We have avail now! And we have knowledge about this Golden Bolt is, as we knew it wasn't for

BattleBots Beat: Your 2021 Champion…

Senor Weaselo - April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Eight bots remain. Some standbys, some surprises. The main surprises would be who's out, actually. With Tombstone and End Game both out of the tournament, and Paul Ventimiglia still holding out on behalf of better compensation for builders, we will have a first-time champion. So, let's get to the fights. 4.

Flacco to the Finish: Your BattleBots Beat and Thursday Evening BattleBots Championship Open Thread

Senor Weaselo - April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! When last we left off, 16 robots had fought through the first round (and for some, a play-in). Half that field moves onto tonight, which is the season finale and championship. (Until we get confirmation of when Bounty Hunters happens.) Onto the fights! 5. Uppercut vs.

BattleBots Beat: Get to Sixteen

Senor Weaselo - March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! Well, we're down to 25 from 34, and will be down to 16. Let's just get to it. To the fights! 31 seed play-in: Defender vs. HydraDefender: 2-1 (L, KO 1:50 vs. Ribbot; W, JD 3-0 vs. Riptide; W, JD 3-0 vs. Retrograde)Hydra: 1-2 (L, KO

BattleBots Beat: Guaranteed to Go Better than My March Bracket!

Senor Weaselo - March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! Thanks to last week, we don't have a 32, but a 34-bot bracket as they'll duke it out for the most sacred prize in robot combat, the Giant Nut. The big question: Can anyone prevent the title from going back to Auckland? Defending champs and

BattleBots Beat: And Then There Were 32… Or Were There?

Senor Weaselo - March 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! By the end of this post we'll have our full 32-robot bracket for the 2021 (aired in 2022) BattleBots championship. A set of bubble teams are fighting tonight—not fighting are some notable 2-0 teams, including Whiplash, Uppercut, Tantrum, Copperhead, HyperShock, and Shatter!. They're already in

BattleBots Beat: Bubble Something or Other (Also Your Thursday Evening Thread)

Senor Weaselo - March 10, 2022March 9, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat, now/once again with actually watching the fights! Hey, we got a BattleBots Update vote of confidence last week, so that counts for something. Anyway, I was going through my personal "win and in" bubble scenarios and it's pretty tight and I'm gonna have to reformat

BattleBots Beat: The Phil Rizzuto

Senor Weaselo - March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! This week, I, how do I say this… like Phil Rizzuto's famous "WW" calls, I wasn't watching. I had a gig. I know what you're thinking. "Senor, couldn't you have had Rikki do this week, or watched on Discovery+?" To the first, yes, but I

BattleBots Beat: BAH GAWD

Senor Weaselo - February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week, we had Will Bales gushing about how he had all the Diesector toys growing up, because Donald Hutson was the man. Well guess what? Now he's got a toy of his very own robot! I am definitely interested in getting myself an RC